Funnily enough, there was a story I read back on Spacebattles where after Klarion's the mass child-killing world split, Lex got black bagged and telepathically violated until the US government had everything he knew and he was a vegetable. All members of the Light save Savage and Klarion died within a week from attacks by US air force and special forces units, along with a lot of other people tangentially involved.
Do you remember the name?
I think that was the one. It wasn't mentioned in the story posts, just an off-hand comment from the author about how after something like that the US government would be done with his shit.
I'm betting he's thinking that would've been good to know before he was decapitated.
It may have been accidental, but Paul has successfully paired up one couple. Roy shouldn't be so glum, as now Paul can help him by bringing more eligible women to him.
Honestly thought he'd be in danger, since he was apparently imprisoned for destroying a valuable cultural artifact.
Well so much for Roy getting to play Kirk.
Crumbing? Is that an error or just something I've never seen before?
That should neatly resolve his feelings of inadequacy. For missions, anyway. Bad luck with the romance.
Yeah, better to save your ammunition and leave Superman to his buddy, fellas. After all, still a giant battleship (or an operational fragment of one) to 'negotiate ownership' over.
Really hope they don't finds any traces of it. Last thing anyone needs is Lex having a way to potentially permanently depower Supes.
Oh, now what?
Ah, of course she's turned up. Probably saw Superman under attack with super-vision and came charging in.
I like to imagine she pulled up with a visible skidding effect, complete with dust from her heels. In mid-air.
Best not to mention what it took to do so. Including getting himself torn apart.
Seriously, fellas, if she goes for you, those shields won't last five seconds...
Hopefully they go hostile when she flies in. The Eradicator still hates the house of El, after all.
Hopefully things don't go too nuts here while OL deals with Daxam.
Oh, handy. But are the robots still going to be hostile?
Right, sergeant in motion outranks a lieutenant at rest. Time for OL to get his ass in gear.
Well, he's in good hands, I guess?
Please tell us funny green pornstar/xeno-cultural expert is okay?
Goodie! He's got lots of humans yet to bang.
Good thing he topped off his charge last chapter.
And straight into action!
Dangit, got to hate smart enemies.
And since it hits what it looks at, that's riskier than any other attack.
Good, no kill like overkill here. Though unless they're hypersonic...
...They made a good distraction at least.
Right, a fighting retreat. Fortunately, it won't take long with a...
...Boom tube.
Man, their mission report is going to be crazy.
Good man, getting the save and giving OL the chance to grab useful intel!
Well, at least he could mind-read people. Hopefully not too aggressively, though?
To be fair, you were doing okay as a head, but the Last Son would probably have ripped you apart further before you could do much more...
...Who isn't a scion of El, especially? Very handy!
Sadly, that still disqualifies the Supergirls.
Sounds like someone's got a bit of a crush.
Thank you, corrected.
He already did:
Zoat just kept it fluid with the rest of the narrative.
Petty thief who got stuck in the Phantom Zone for a 30 year sentence that was never ended due to Krypton exploding while he was still in there, was released by Superman awhile back when Paul pointed out that there were people in the Phantom Zone who had long since served their sentence and really should be let out by now.
Very convenient time to turn up, huh? Right after Eradicator Supes was downed with no hope of winning the actual fight, too. I agree with our previous schizoposter that said that Silver-Age Kara is suspicious as hell.
If that turns out to be true here, then I hope she gets away after revealing her true nature.
Well since the boyscout was just saved, some gratitude is in order.
"threatened"
Thank you, corrected.
Good to see he takes his guard duty seriously, it seems. And swift enough to respond to legitimate authority. He'll get used to dealing with the Renegade soon enough, I think.
Understandable ire, given what the Renegade did to their queen.
Cross that line, and they get to join their queen, eh?
Logical enough when they were enemies and prey, but not so great when dealing with a new employer.
Have to wonder if there's any 'flavour' difference between what the crystals provide and taking it straight? And if any changelings preferred the old way...
Goes without saying, really.
That's fair. Changeling biology is bizarre enough just with the shapeshifting.
The outer layer is probably transparent, and it's the colour it is because of colour-changing cells related to the shapeshifting. Or this reality just works that way. Like blushing through fur.
Not exactly much opportunity for canoodling, then. Especially if they're gender-segregated like most hive-making insects.
Probably know the act, can able to partake, but not really understanding it.
Ah, now he's asking the right question. Why?
Yes, easy to miss if it was never your job to have to think about that stuff.
Good for Ponies, not great in this situation.
After all, as far as she was concerned, you were furniture.
Hey, everyone here's an adult, and the question needed to be asked.
I'll admit, I slowly recoiled in the same way. Full-body cringe.
For now. What'll happen when they mature?
Good, better than learning on the job, especially without the standard feeding methods available.
So very much like a traditional hive. At a guess, Chrysalis was too young to start producing royal nymphs, ready to expand.
Don't tell me, there needs to be some action by the queen to make them develop properly.
Ah, good, that'll make getting viable material easier. Especially unlaid egg cells.
Oh, buddy, you are in for a wild time once you get around to it.
And that is one heck of a kludge-word. But entirely accurate: Not got his head cut off.
Honey, most foals get the talk when they're starting to grow up. How long did you leave it?
Yeah, she's got a creeping suspicion this is a joke now. Just wait, Sunbutt...
Ah, how thoughtful of you. That could really have been embarrassing. Especially if or when they did start trying and wondered why it wasn't working...
Love that Celestia is probably trying very hard to hold back a blush and a cringe at the same time...
...Again, Renegade? Then again, it doesn't count as a habit until at least your third time?